Dara Happa is a solar-worshiping empire. Its cities include Shargash's demon city of Alkoth, Orlentos, the bird riding Vrimaki's city of Verapur, the City of Chimes, destroyed Elempur and lost Nivorah, among others. When Yelm still lived, he was the chief god worshiped in Dara Happa. Now, the various parts of the empire worship his sons in his place. Past emperors of Dara Happa include Manarlavus, who built the dome over the empire so that his people could stay in place despite the advancing ice, and Lukarius, who shot the Water Sun from the sky.
The Riders and Wheels were once part of this empire, but left it when the golden city of Nivorah was destroyed by ice. Through most of the Storm Age, Dara Happa is covered by a glacier located northwest of the Black Eel Valley.
Dara Happa bans the keeping of dogs, a tradition still upheld by many Wheel and Rider clans.
Ride Like the Wind[]
Dara Happa is first mentioned in Ride Like the Wind, though you can not visit it. However, elements of the empire may leave the glacier and find themselves in your valley.
Your clan's ancestors once belonged to the Dara Happan empire. If you choose during clan creation for your ancestors to have fought in the War of Many Suns, the Dara Happans will be your ancestral enemies.
Events[]
The Dara Happans figure in the following events:
- Imperial Refugees: Request for Aid
- Imperial Refugees: Pursuit
- Imperial Refugees: Enemies of Dara Happa
- Imperial Refugees: Adoption Request
- Alkothi Warning
- Alkothi Demand
- Alkothi Occupation
- Ghost Trouble in Elempur
- Ghost Demand
- Ghost Offer
- Ghostfriend Pushback
Lights Going Out[]
Dara Happan makes a return in Lights Going Out. By this time, in the middle of the Chaos Age, the glacier has been torn apart by Chaos, forcing the remaining Dara Happans to either try and survive as best they can in the Northern Reach or to try and flee elsewhere.
Throughout the game, you may hear the following rumor:
| “ | Wanderers have passed on the story that one of the Dara Happan cities buried under the Glacier had managed to rekindle one of the lesser sun gods, and melted their way out. I very much doubt this is true. | ” |
— Six Ages 2: Lights Going Out | ||
Lore[]
About Dara Happans, your clan ring has the following to say:
- "Their dead emperors mean nothing to us."
- "What do you call those empire clothes? Chitin?"
- "Our Rider bloodlines were cradled in the empire."
- "Dara Happans are most like us."
Events[]
The Dara Happans appear in the following Lights Going Out events:
- Alkothi Appear
- Dara Happan Encounter
- Dara Happans Flee Balurgans
- Dara Happan Hospitality
- Dara Happan Refugees
- Partial Path: Alkothi Bargain
- Troubled Ghosts in Elempur
They can also be seen taking part in the Unity Battle in the New Dawn Victory ending.
Other Stories[]
For more on the Dara Happans and their empire, read here on the Glorantha wiki.
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